Family medicine education in Singapore: a long-standing collaboration between specialists and family physicians.
- Author:
Teck Yee WONG
1
;
Gerald Ch KOH
;
Eng Hin LEE
;
Seng Kwing CHEONG
;
Lee Gan GOH
Author Information
1. Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. cofwty@nus.edu.sg
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Education, Medical, Graduate;
Humans;
Interdisciplinary Communication;
Medicine;
Physicians, Family;
education;
Singapore;
Specialization
- From:Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
2008;37(2):132-135
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In many countries, family medicine (FM) training has been conducted mainly by senior family physicians alone. However, FM training in Singapore in the last 30 years has involved specialists working in close collaboration with family physicians. The areas in which specialists are currently involved include the training of FM trainees in tertiary hospitals, the Master of Medicine in Family Medicine [MMed (FM)] and Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (GDFM) programmes. This close relationship has been crucial in the continuing vocational and professional development of family physicians and in fostering closer collaboration between family physicians and specialists, thus ultimately benefiting patient care.
